Here the latest news about a Red Bull wakeskate event in Cologne. Here is a quote with more information from the event page:

For the first time ever, a mobile wakeboard line system will be installed at a public outdoor pool, enabling boarders to ride the stadium pool in two directions. The resulting competition course will total 320 meters in length. Additionally, four adjacent pools will be connected by mobile ramps and rail obstacles. The international wakeboarding and wakeskating scene has set its sights on the event – after all, this is the first contest to be held in a public swimming pool instead of a natural body of water. Invitations to enter have been extended to eight wakeskaters. Riders include some Young Guns from the Nike6.0 Team. Here is the wakeskate rider list:

Monday, 25 August 2008

Next weekend on Sunday (2008-31-08) a wakeskate and wakeboard contest for groms will take place in Bergkirchen (10 minutes from Munich at the Autobahn). Here is the time schedule:

Training 11:00 am

Competition 2:00 pm

Open to all kids up to 18 years. The contest is supported by Oakley. The best thing for the groms: No entry fee. For more information contact evawake on wakeforum.de. Picture is taken from the Oakley homepage.

Wake N Roll Volume 5 is one of the biggest wakeskate and wakeboard weekends in France and also hosts the French cable championships. Ride galore, winching all day, jamboree, BBQ, a surprise on Saturday evening and much more .... !More info and registration bulletin can be found on barcateam.com or wakeboardmag.net. If you have more questions and no time to write an email then call +33 (0)6 16 03 78 71 (Kum).All information is taken from wakeboardmag.net.

Wednesday, 13 August 2008

Like in the last 3 years, the Freakwave takes place at the Bodensee in Bregenz/A. There will be a boat competition for wakeboarders as well as a wakeskate winch-jam pulled by the new X-Hive by Neverride.

Besides the Competitions there will be lots of concerts and exhibitions that will definitely make it worth going there.

Here the official flyer for the german wakeskate nationals. The german wakeskate nationals will take place at the 6th of September 2008 at leisure center Xanten. There will also be a night jump contest which offers an amazing amount of 1000 Euro cash for the winner. The After-Contest party starts at 11 pm at Wienemann (free shuttle service). Live on stage are the Torpedo Monkeys, Skapanska, and Go For Zero.

Friday, 8 August 2008

Here the first pic from the new CWB bi level wakeskate and a comment at alliance wakeboard online mag.The onset is a very different design. It is different than any other board out there. Instead of the traditional bi-level this board has foam in between the two decks. This helps in a lot of ways. First it gives you more snap off the water when ollieing. Secondly the foam helps support the top deck so it won’t snap. It also really helps with landings by giving more cushion so that it absorbs the impact a lot more. The bottom deck is pretty much the traditional 3-stage rocker while the top deck is different. The concave is short and steep so there is a big flat spot your foot can fit in very comfortably. The concave is nice cause for flip tricks it flips super easy; your foot catches the side concave and the board just flips right over.

Stuard Shinn say: I ride the shit out of this board all day, every day! For more 09 news check this article at Alliance Wakeboard mag.

Thursday, 7 August 2008

Here the complete video footage from the wakestock 2008, Toronto Canada. This footage includes the boat runs and the pool action. Reed Hanson wins the Billabong boat competition with this technical tricks: w2w Heelside Shuv-it to Mute, a w2w Heelside Late Shuv and w2w Frontside 360 and a w2w Backside Bigspin. Here the result from the Oakley Pool event from sbcwakeboard.com.

Reed Hansen stomped a Backside Lipslide to win best trick on the challenging Down-Flat Rail. Chase Gregory landed a Backside Boardside to Switch Frontside Boardslide to 90 out win best trick on the Step-Down Ledge. Ben Horan styled out a locked-in Backside Noseslide to win best trick on the Down Rail. Matt Manzari stomped a Varial Flip down the 10-set staircase to win the best trick down the Stair Gap.